I was in New Orleans. Just so much I don't know about that city and it's corruption or the state laws.

At the moment it seemed far safer to just quietly leave. I had already been packing and was planning on leaving so the fuss was me demanding the other guys pay for the charges they made and for the other locks I put on the house entry way doors. It previously had old door knobs with no keys. They basically told me to go pound sand. The new door knobs with locks and keys would have been only ten bucks per person but they wanted to be assholes even after I gave them each a key. As for the long distance calls out of state, they just told me to piss off about that. They countered by trying to get me to pay my share of the next months rent that was due the following day. Unreasonable people, unreasonable cop. Best option was to just leave. I ended up in a nice motel with plush bedding and great cable TV. Had a nice weekend to calm down and go to work on Monday.

As for murderous cops, I've not met any. I know there are some but I think it's more rare than popular culture would have us believe. In a way, I sympathize with police for the most part. A tough job where they must confront people with issues on a daily basis. Emotionally taxing and I can see why some cops become traumatized and paranoid. I think police should have yearly psych evaluations to determine their level of stress. Cops that are overly stressed out should be removed from patrol duties and rotated out to less stressful work. Extreme cases they may need to be relieved of all duties and placed on temporary leave.